THE

NEW AMERICAN SPEAKER:

A COLLECTION OF

ORATORICAL AND DRAMATICAL PIECES,

SOLILOQUIES AND DIALOGUES,

WITH AN

ORIGINAL INTRODUCTORY ESSAY

ON THE

ELEMENTS OF ELOCUTION.

DESIGNED

FOR THE USE OF SCHOOLS, ACADEMIES, AND COLLEGES.

BY J. C. ZACHOS, A. M.

FOURTH EDITION.

NEW YORK:

PUBLISHED BY A. S. BARNES & CO

CINCINNATI H. W. DERBY & CO.

1857.